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UNITED STATES PATENT Orricn.

ALBERT BERAN, OF VIENNA, AUSTRIA-HUNGARY, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO CHARLES 'W'ILLIAM FIRNIIABER, OF PARIS, AND GUSTAYE DANTIER, OF ARGENTEUIL, FRANCE.

MACHINE FOR MANUFACTURING BOXES FROM PAPER-BOARD, &c.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 561,858, dated June 9, 1896.

Application riled December 19, 1895. Serial No. 572,715. (No model.) Patented in France October 12, 1898, No. 238,359; in Germany February 10, 189L110. 80,128, and in Austria-Hungary March 21, 1894,11'0. 47,287 and No. 97,595.

To all whom it may concern: in section, showing on a larger scale the ar- 50 Beit known that I, ALBERT BERAN, manurangement of the punch and the manner in facturer,asubject of His Majestythe Emperor which it is fitted-and adjusted.

of Austria and King of Hungary, residing A machine as devised by me can be deat No. 9 Schwarzhorngasse, Vienna, Austriasigned so to be a double machine compris- I'Iungary, have invented certain new and usein g two sets of working parts which are oper- 5 5 ful Improvements in Machines for the Manuated bythe same driving means; but in order facture of Boxes from Paper-Board, Sheet to simplify the drawings as well as the speci- Metal, and other Material, (for which Letters fication the machine is shown with but one IO Patent have been issued to myself jointly set of working'parts.

with Franz Stastny in Austria-Hungary, No. 1 is the bed-plate, upon which are secured 60 47,287 and No. 97 ,595, dated March 21, 1894, two frames 2 3, which are stayed at the top by also in Germany, No. 80,128, dated February a brace 4. 10, 1891, and in my name alone in France, 5 is the driving'shaft, carrying a fly-wheel No. 233,359,dated October 12, 1893,) of which 6 and a pinion 7, which meshes into a spurthe following is a full, clear, and exact dewheel 8, fastened on a shaft 9, having its 65 scription, reference being had to the accombearings in the frame On the shaft 9 is sepanying drawings. cured a middle cam 10, Fig. 1, working in a The machine which I have devised is instrap 11, connected to a rod 12, which operates tended for the manufacture of boxes from the male die, to be described. The said shaft paper-board, sheet metal, or other suitable also carries two outer cams, of which one, 13, 7o material, and comprises as its main active only is shown in Fig. 1. Each cam 13 works parts a punch by which a disk or blank is first in straps 14 14, connected to rods 15 15, which cut out of a sheet ofin etal or other material both operate the punch, to be described. The

2 5 and apair of dies concentric to the punch, by rods 12, 15, and 15 are guided in bearings which the said blank is stamped into shape, formed in a standard 10, bolted to the bed- 75 so as to produce either a body or a lid of a plate 1. round or other shaped box at will. It is self- The punch 17 (see Figs. 12, 13, and 11) is acting in operation, since the material from screwed into the center of a plate 18, which which the box bodies or lids are to be made is by means of screws 19 19 (each engaging a fed forward, cut out, stamped into shape, and slot 20 of the plate 18) is secured to a head 80 the finished article discharged, all automatic- 21 21, screwed into the end of the two rods ally, as will be described. 15 15. The punch is thus rigidly connected In the accompanying five sheets of drawto the said rods 15 15 and participates in the 5 ings, Figure 1 is a longitudinal vertical secto-and-fro movements thereof. In order to tion of my improved machine, shown broken provide for the adjustment of the punch 17, 85 away at the right. Fig. 2v is a plan of Fig. 1, the plate 18 has secured to it a rectangular partly in section. Fig. 3 is a Vertical crossplate 22, the fastening being obtained by section on the line A A of Fig. 2 looking in means of two bolts 23 23,,the conical heads 40 the direction of the arrows. Fig. 4.- is a verof which engage a dovetailed groove 24, Fig.

tical cross-section on the line B B of Fig. 2 l4,formedintherectangularplate22. Against go looking in the direction of the arrows. Figs. the latter are made to bear four screws 25 25 5 to 10 show the punch and dies in various po- 25 25, of which two are arranged in a vertical sitions corresponding to the diiferent stages plane in each head 21 21'. By adjusting the of the manufacture. Fig. 11 is a detail of the said four screws 25 on the one hand and the ratchet and pawl by which intermittent rotwo screws 19 19 on the other the plates 18 and 5 tary motion is imparted to the feed-rolls for 22, together with the punch 17, carried there the sheet metal. Fig. 12 is a face View, Fig. by, can be adjusted. The punch 17 cooper- 13 a side View, and Fig. 1.1 a top view, partly ates with a stationary female cutting-die 26,

andtl-- whichthe 'female stamping-die bcars when the male stamping-die 28 sis-forced up s in. the position shown in against thelatter,

Figs.:1 and The sheet metal which therboxes are to he made is shown at 33, Fig. 2,;just before it entersthe machine.

. which engages a retaining spring-pawlS, by

I means:ofwhichanyretrograderotationof the rolls contrary to Y the normal: direction shown r by the arrows in Fig; 215 prevented, Fast on 3 I the lower end. of the roll 36 is a ratchet-wheel &4, into which: engages. a spring pawl 45, {sec 5 Figs 1, 2,232, and llfi 'and on the-lmwer end of-thei shaft isfasteneda spur-wheeled Figs. 2, i, and 11,intowhich engages a rack a 47, fitted inbearings 4848 and capableofrecciving-to-and-fro motion from the shaft 9 through the inst-ruinentality of a crank-arm 49, Figs. 1 and 2, and a connectingdink 50, jointed to the rack 47 at 51. terial 33 has been advanced by the feed-rolls 35 '36 it is conductedby a guide 52, Figs. 1, 2, and 4, which is fastened to the female-cutting-die 26 and which presents the said-material to thepunch and stamping-dies.

The operation is as follows: The material I 33 introduced into-the guide 34 is seized by the feed-rolls 35 36, to which intermittent ro- -tary motion is imparted bythc parts 49 50 51 47 46.45, and is conducted to the guide 52, the punch '17 and the stamping-dies 28 3O assuming-thepositionshown-in Fig. 5. In this position the punch 17 is close to the material 33 readyto cut out a blank therefrom and the male stamping-die 28 is awayfrom itsfemale die. The punch 17 then advances by the action of theparts 13 13, 14, 14 15, 15, 21, 21, 25 25, 22, and-18, Figs. 1, 2, and l3, and cuts outa blank, the punch 17 and the stamping-dies 28 30assumingthe position shown in Fig. 6. In this position the punch -17 is engaged in its female die 26 and the male stamping-die 28 has advanced slightly towardthe female stamping-die 30. The punch 17 then begins to recede, leaving the cut-out blank a blank is" After the niacupy theposition shown inFig. 8. In this position thefeinaleidie has been pushed up againstits seat on the screw 32' and stamped theblank into shape, the; punch 1:7 having I adhering to: the female die. 26, andtheinale stamping-diei28, under the actionof the parts 10' 11 12, advances further until it assumes thepositionshown in Fig. 7,in which 'itisready to drive the blank against the female die 30. As itqadvanccsithe male stamping: die 28 drives the, blank right up. against the female die 30, at which moment the-parts cc 1 meanwhileieontinucdtorecede. Thcadie 2S 7 thenitself begins torecedeand toearryaway: a y V -with it the box -.body or box-lid adhering or? otl'ier -matcrial. from a thereto, as shown in Fig;- 9, aftcrwhich the:

punch 17 now beginsto move forward until 7 J it meets the edge of the box-body, at which moment the. parts; occupy; theposition shown 1 in 10. "lhoibombody'isthen pushed off th'cend of themale stamping-die 28 by means of the I punchl'l and falls; through aniopcnin a '55 of the bed-plate linto anysuitablc rocep- I a s I whilezthe waste 'producedinthe material 33.

tacle, and the same operation is repeated,

moves on in the direction of the arrow" Fig. 2, and canbei disposed of in any desired .mannerrp In order torpromotethe shaping-operation, Q l 5 heat; may be applied ito the shaping-dies, 28v 0; in Figs. 1 and i lhaye shown bywa'yof example a- 'burner ei, which maybe fed with 1 gas froni a Ipipe'56,snitablysupportcd in the. machine; in the instance: illustrated the:

under the female burner is shown as appiied cutting-die 26. I r

The set ofstamping-diesherein shown is suitable for the productionof a box-body but it-is of course to'be understood that it is also possible to; strike up any other body, whether a lidfor a box or any article which may be pressed into shape by means of dies. It is also obvious that other shapes than round ones can be made by correspondingly changingthe dies and punch.

If it isdesire'd to have a double machine, all the parts at the left of Figs. 1 and 2 can be duplicated, in which case but one single operating means, actuated by-the shaft 9, will be sufficient.

I claim 1. In a box-makin-g-machine, amalestamping-die 28, a female die 30, the spring for holding thesame yieldingly and the adjustable stop or seat for the female dicpassing through the-spring and'in line with the female die, substantially as described.

2. In a machine for manufacturing boxes, at yielding femalestamping-die 30, an adj ustable stoptherefor cooperating with a male stamping-die 28, in combination with means for operating the latter, substantially as set forth and shown.

3. In a machinefor manufacturing boxes, a punch 17 adjustably secured to its actuating devices 15, 15 through the agency of a plate 18, rectangular plate 22, heads 21, 21, bolts 23, 23, screws 19, 19 and screws 25, 25, 25, 25, substantially as set forth and shown.

4. In combination, the (lie 26, the punch 1'7, the bars 15, 15 with means for operating the same and the plate 22 connected adjustably to the ends of the bars 15, 15, the said punch being adjustable laterally on the plate, substantially as described.

5. In combination, the die 26, the punch 17, the male die 28, operating through the punch, the cam-shaft, the bars 15, 15 for operating the punch and the central bar 12 for operating the male die, the feed-rolls, the reciprocating bar 47 for operating the same and the operating connection between the bar 47 and the cam-shaft, substantially as described.

In witness whereof I have here unto set m y hand, this 27th day of November, 1895, in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ALBERT BERAN. Vitnesses:

DOUGLAS 11. BRANDON, EDWARD P. MAGLEAN. 

